Pentagon Retracts Statement on Probe of QinetiQ Hacking

The Pentagon retracted statements that it’s probing the multiyear campaign of cyber-intrusions into defense contractor QinetiQ North America.

The Pentagon today reversed comments made to reporters May 3 by its press director that the U.S. Defense Department was investigating hacking by Chinese cyber-spies into the computer systems of QinetiQ. Bloomberg News reported earlier today that Pentagon spokesman Army Colonel Steve Warren had told reporters that investigators were “working very closely with QinetiQ to determine exactly the scope and breadth of this incident.”